halt
English
/hɔːlt/, /hɑlt/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.
- (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
- (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- To waver.
- To falter.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English halten inherited from Old English healtian (limp, be lame, walk with a limp) inherited from Proto-Germanic *haltōną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*haltōną